THE WEATHER.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 101, 26 October 1904, Page 6

THE WEATHER.

RECORD RAINFALL FOR FORTY YEARS. Wellington has distinguished itself this month by putting, up the highest rainfall lecord'for a period of forty years. In' December, 1864, the total fall recorded was 12.45 in, but this month, with five days yet to go, the fall has amounted to 12.50 in, or five points above the 1864 record. The fall for the twenty-four hours er.ding at 9 o'clock this morning was over 2in. There was exceptionally heavy rain in the night, accompanied by a vigorous wind. The wind .dropped before morning, but a drizzly rain was falling in the eaxly part of* the day. Many slips have come down in various parts of the city and suburbs, but is is satisfactory to learn that both lines of railway are so far clear, both of slips and washouts, and traffic is going on as usual. Residents in the neighbourhood of the Grosvenor Hotel, at the corner of Taranaki and Wallace streets were alarmed at about half-past 3 o'clock this morning by a tremendous crash, On investi" gation it was found that the whole of tho Wallace-street frontage, with the exception of about three or four feet at the Bidwill-street corner, of a lofty concrete retaining wall, bounding the property of Mr. Frank Wills (at present in the occupation of Mr. H. Brittain) had fallen into the road, bringing down with it a large part of the garden, trees, shrubs, etc. In its fall it also snapped off one of the tramway poles, and broke a wire. Corporation officials were warned and promptly fixed up dange? lights. This morning it was seen that the whole of the footway and half the street had been covered up by the slip, and in place of an almost vertical wall there was left a gentle slops from the top of the bank to the street. Corporation workmen were to-day employed clearing away the debris. A big slip has also come down at tho foot of the Ohiro-road, bringing with it some fencing. This is being cleared away to-day by the Corporation staff. [BY TELEGRAPH — PKESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Rain has been falling steadily for twenty-fpur hours, and still continues.